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Friday, July 18, 2008 12:00 AM

"Mamma Mia!"

Pierce Brosnan sings! Meryl Streep dances! Can't you hear ABBA's "SOS"?
By Stephanie Zacharek

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  • Friday, July 18, 2008 09:11 PM

    It's SUPPOSED to be silly, people!

    LIGHTEN UP!

    I mean it's a movie based on a musical composed entirely of ABBA

    songs.

    What did you expect,light opera?

    I saw the movie today and it was:

    a. campy

    b. funny

    c. full of overwrought performances and passable singing

    (see campy)

    d. lighthearted.

    I predict it will be a big hit like the play and especially beloved by older women (and their daughters) and,of course,gay men(a necessary component for any cult classic) and anybody who

    feels like not taking things so deadly serious for the length

    of a movie.

    Jeez. Isn't the price of gas and bread serious enough?

    I would definitely see it again (which I hardly ever do with movies) and I've seen some pretty good movies this summer (The Visitor,Up the Hguang (SP?) River and Encounters at the End of the World were all very good...but sobering to say the least).

    So, all you Dancing Queens and go see it and have a good time!

    —honeybeegirl Read honeybeegirl's other letters

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